levitate

Questions about levitate

What does levitate mean?

levitate means "cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in levitate?

levitate has 3 syllables: lev-i-tate. The stress falls on "lev". In IPA it is /ˈlɛvɪˌteɪt/.

What is another word for levitate?

Close synonyms include hover. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is levitate a common word?

levitate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with levitate?

29 words rhyme with levitate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.